GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 442611
Poor audio cd playback quality
Last modified: 2008-05-06 13:09:40 UTC
Please describe the problem: When listening to audio CDs using GStreamer-based apps (such as Rhythmbox, Banshee or Exaile), the quality of sound isn't as it is expected to be. I can hear some cracks and noise with electric guitar playing a capella for example. Standalone hi-fi set or every xine-based player (e.g. totem and amarok, both with xine engine) produces better results, i.e. the sound is clean. The strange thing is that sound-juicer (AFAIK it's also GStreamer-based) plays the same audio CD correctly. I'd ripped track with mentioned guitar solo using cdparanoia, then played produced wav file with Rhythmbox. Sound's clean again. Steps to reproduce: 1. Get some audio CD with very few instruments playing, as it is easier to hear the difference when listening to only one of them. 2. Play it with GStreamer and xine-based app. Try playing with sound-juicer too. 3. Notice the difference. Actual results: Expected results: Does this happen every time? Other information:
I've found out, that switching gstreamer output to OSS instead of ALSA helps a bit. I can get clear sound then, but only after pausing and resuming track. Using seekbar to move through the song also makes the sound nice again. Strange thing.
*** Bug 451298 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Can you reproduce this on the command line with $ gst-launch-0.10 cdda://1 ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! gconfaudiosink profile=music ? If yes, could you try this: $ gst-launch-0.10 cdda://1 ! audioconvert ! audioresample ! alsasink device=front ?
Closing this bug report as no further information has been provided. Please feel free to reopen this bug if you can provide the information asked for. Thanks!